Technology

With each cascade of digital disaster, new vulnerabilities emerge. The latest chaos wasn’t caused by an adversary, but it provided a road map of American vulnerabilities at a critical moment. Read full article

President Biden, who has been sidelined with Covid, is set to address the nation this week. Read full article

The House Homeland Security Committee called on the chief executive of the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to testify on the disruption. Read full article

Airlines, hospitals and people’s computers were affected after CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company, sent out a flawed software update. Read full article

Ford, General Motors and other automakers are slowing investments in electric vehicles and doubling down on more profitable gasoline cars and trucks. Read full article

The world’s richest man, once deeply skeptical of Donald J. Trump, has now endorsed him and has emerged as a central character in the presidential race. Read full article

“The 2024 internet is just different than the internet we lived on four years ago.” Read full article

The tech community, led by Sam Altman of OpenAI, has funded programs that give people unconditional cash. Some say it’s time to scale up. Read full article

Meta is discussing taking a stake of as much as 5 percent of EssilorLuxottica, which makes eyewear brands like Ray-Ban and Oakley, people with knowledge of the talks said. Read full article

Spookiness meets the heat in a holiday now gaining traction online. Read full article